civics

noun

civ·ics ˈsi-viks

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: a social science dealing with the rights and duties of citizens

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For one, this suggests that too many teachers think of civics instruction as a chance to promote a particular policy agenda. —

Time, 12 Jan. 2023 The seriocomic vote for speaker of the house is sure to be banned from future Florida civics and political science textbooks. —

Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023 Andrew Wilkes is chief policy and advocacy officer for Generation Citizen, a nonpartisan national civics education organization that provided support to Measure VY proponents. —

Connor Sheetsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022 The civics group also claims the defendants are affiliated with the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group on trial in a D.C. federal court for seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. —

Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for civics